The Osceola times., 1887-08-13
WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT.
PLAIN TALK TO GIRLS.
s,n, AJv.ce Worth Heedins-A Prsctiesi
Talk from . Blg-HeArted fracticai
Woman.

stupor, why nOtP Is there one pFea."
of fresh air in their sleeping box' DO
they ever. except in the heat OF sum
ner. have so much as n crack OF the
window openp II there is fireplace
in their room or stove-pipe hole
don't they close them up as tightly as
they can? No wonder it is so hard to
" axe up in the morning. can hear
il,em groan and moan and yearn ana
scold now, at the imperative summons
10 get up. And what do they hnd on
the breakfast table, Sweet fried cakes,
something in the shape of meat, gen
erall, fried, potato either fried or
.,ewed. hot coffee, and probably grid
die cakes" fried. Of course. Now ]
Am not going on crusade against the
frying-pan, for it has its uses but
when | see a girl sit down at the break
fast table with dull eyes, n sallow lace,
listless manner, and proceed to make
that early meal of strong coffee, sweet
cred cakes, fried pork and potatoes,
with a sequence of griddle cakes liber-
Ally buttered and drowned in molasses,
feel like shutting her up for week $
starvation on bread and water
Then there is dinner; tough meat,
baked vegetables, pie, any kind OF a
pie with crust either tough or sandy,
tasting strongly of lard and filled with
tn. things most convenient. A favor
itC pie in our country homes is con-
st,ucted of sliced lemon, flour and mo-
lasses, baked into mass as unfit for
the human stomach as stewed rubber
ovsrshoe.
Tea time brings cakes of various
sorts, probably more pie, cheese, fruit
preserved and so ill-done it is fer
m.nted, or canned fruit, which is COM
paratively harmless, strong tea and
hct biscuit. Repasts fit for
"a csssowary,
On the plains OF Timbuctoo."
Then to begin the day again. After
breakfast they run upstairs, spread up
their bed with all the eXhalations of
their bodies during the night still i'm
plisoncd in it; they perhaps sweep the
floor and dust the furniture; then they
90 downstairs and sew little, or prac-
tice half an hour, if they are so un-
fortunate as to own cheap piano OF
parlor organ. 1t is possible that they
make some cake if it is needed; they
dawdle great deal, read little and
t.en it is dinner-time; and they 81,
down to dinner as they did to break.
fast, in an easy old gown, perhaps 4
wrapper; their front hair wrung into
tight knots about crimping-pins, then
back hair in dusty knot.
| Dinner over, they 90 up to their
rooms again to dress for the afternoon
They lace up their corsets tighter, put
on boots with heels two inches high
! twist their hair into an unnatural fluff
which covers their foreheads and give'
them the aspect of skye terrier, pu
on dress which Is so 'well fitting
that they can not raise their arms Il
their heads in il, and go out to wall
and see What they can see. After te;
another girl comes in and they giggl,
and whisper together for a while. ant
then go out together, perhaps with !
young man, to some third-class show
or to ball. OF drive. They hav,
| latch-keys and come home when the,
get ready. slip into their unaired bed'
after hanging the dresses they have
worn eight or ten hours in that tight
shut closet, and repeat the experienc,
Of the night before.
Now they have sown the seed.
What viii the harvest be?"
| First-lf it is winter. a heavy cold
the misused lungs forced to breath,
over and over again air that has nC
vitality in il, air that is absolutely noX
ious, become congested more or less
and they begin to cough and sneeze
II they have scrofula hidden in theil
constitutions and how few peopl,
have not--the harvest of this plant
ing viii be bronchitis or consumption
The next crop is dyspepsia; they
put into that delicate organ, th,
buman'stomach, already disgusted by
| the hard labor Of it's next neighbor
the lungs, and weakened by the slow
circulation of vitiated blood, vitiatet
by the bad air, mass Of indigcstibl,
stuff that they call food; at first the,
do not notice any special effect. they
are young and strong and can bear {
good deal Of physical misfortun,
without much trouble, but after ,
time food begins to distress them, lif,
gets very tiresome, they have acit
tastes in their mouths, heartburn
| hatulence. Yes, know these are un
pleasant things to talk of, but they ar,
great deal more unpleasant to have
Then they lose their rest their ap
petite, strength, courage. cheerful
ness.
This is bad crop; II realizes thu
primcval curse. "Thorns and brier,
shall it bring forth unto thee
So they began to diet; but there is ;
harvest from that corset that abro
gates the good of diet.
They "don't even lace tight"
never knew a woman who did
mean who said she did have had .
tout woman of fifty tell me the sam,
hing, adding, triumphantly, "anc
wear tn. same sized corset ] did a
sixteen"
have every reason TO suppose sh'
thought I was fool ] must he, I,
believe that thirty-six years had no